making avi clips

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

Newbie question here: how do I select clips out of an .avi file? I'm using Adobe Premier.

Bottom line is I'm trying to make a vid, and I have all the source material in .avi format, and I want to get into those .avis and be able to use Premier to select and edit and move around clips, right?

So what do I do?

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[iamsab.livejournal.com]

My question's really on how to divide the episode into smaller clips. I've managed to get the thing to let me PLAY the .avi but I don't know how to clip it, or how to get the clips into the blank timeline I have for the vid.

I'm going to try the comment below and we'll see what's what. Thanks!

[nel-ani.livejournal.com]

You can do as it's said in the comment below, but I'm not sure it'll be easier that way or clipping it before importing.

The thing is, that when you use full episodes, it takes up a lot of room. If you instead clip everything you want from an episode, you won't have as much space issues, plus it's easier to get a direction for your vid.

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

Hey, so where would I clip the video elsewhere, then? Do I need another program that will allow me to clip .avi files that I could then import into Premier? I was kinda hoping Premier would do both those things for me, and then I could store all the clips somewhere and rearrange them as I see fit in the vid.

How do you clip an episode?

[nel-ani.livejournal.com]

Well, I use this program I got free through mail, Powerdirector Pro (30 day trial here (http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/download/download.jsp)), but you can also use Windows Movie Maker, which might not give you the best quality (unless you have version 2, which lets you decide on the size to a much greater degree) but does the job of clipping.

How to clip is different from program to program, but most of the time it's pretty easy to catch how it works, they're deliberately made very user friendly.

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's fantastic. That's JUST what I was looking for. Thank you!

[nel-ani.livejournal.com]

:) Very welcome! Glad I could help.